LaPlace, a town of 29,000 people tucked between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is among the places hit hardest by Hurricane Ida. Now it waits for power, food and cell service after the 'worst destruction we’ve ever seen.'
of levees and water pumps, smaller, nearby towns had no such protections.
A $760 million levee against Lake Pontchartrain is under construction and should offer more protection for the areas on the West shore in the future., without cellphone service, and what food there was is spoiling. Water started coming out of the faucets on Wednesday, and people were advised to boil it.
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